Feb 26, 2021 · A Union Pacific subsidiary, the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, constructed a 35-mile branch line from Lund to Cedar City, Utah, where its forty eleven-passenger auto-stages collected and hauled tourists to the North Rim, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, and Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Hand-drawn 1920s map showing the locations of Zion, Grand Canyon, and Bryce Canyon National Parks along with the Kaibab National Forest and Cedar Breaks National Monument, Union Pacific Museum Collection.

May 24, 1998 · In 1923, the Union Pacific Railroad opened a branch line from Lund, Utah, on its Salt Lake City-Los Angeles main line, to Cedar City, with the goal of promoting train travel to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon in southern Utah, as well as the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

The Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of Union Pacific Railroad, owned and operated restaurants, lodging, and bus tours in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park, and Cedar Breaks National Monument from the 1920s until 1972.

Sep 17, 2022 · Not content to just provide the rail transportation, the Union Pacific, under its subsidiary, the Utah Parks Co., erected a modern tourist hotel, the "El Escalante", at Cedar City. Two-story rustic stone and frame pavilions were also built at Bryce Canyon and Zion Park - each with a full compliment of small tourist cabins.

For Zion National Park, that railroad was the Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. With the completion of a railroad spur line to nearby Cedar City, Utah in 1923, visitors now had an easy and comfortable way to get to Zion.

The Union Pacific Railroad and its subsidiary, the Utah Parks Company, completed a railway line near Cedar City in 1923, granting visitors of Zion National Park an easy and convenient method of travel from the railway station to the park by motorbus.

In the early 20th century, Union Pacific Railroad provided access to remote national park destinations like Zion National Park, the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and Death Valley National Park.

Today, while Union Pacific trains no longer carry passengers to national parks, the railroad remains committed to sharing the wonders of our nation with the next generation through its partnership with the National Park Foundation (NPF).

Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Monument, Cedar Breaks, Kaibab National Forest and the North Rim of Grand Canyon are reached via the through service of the Union Pacific System by way of Lund, Utah, to Cedar City, Utah, the 34 railroad terminus. Lund is on the main line of the Union Pacific to Southern California, 243 miles southwest ...